Airline Reviews

My flight to Los Angeles was departing from gate 38, which is a bit of a haul from the Flagship Lounge. This required taking the underground tunnel to the far American concourse. I left the lounge at around 7:15PM, in anticipation of the 7:30PM boarding…

I reviewed Virgin America's first class product between Newark and Los Angeles a few months ago, so I'll keep this review shorter, as I just want to touch on a few aspects of the Virgin America experience. This time around I was flying a midcon rather…

I boarded through door L1, where I was greeted by Ayman, the friendly cabin manager. He pointed me towards seat 3L, the window seat in the last row of the cabin on the right. While walking to my seat I noticed that seat 2H was broken. On my last flight…

We spent a couple of nights in Dubai at the Park Hyatt, which I won't be reviewing this time around, since I've reviewed it before, and not much has changed. Our flight from Dubai to Riyadh was departing at 6:15PM, so we got to the airport plenty early,…

Upon boarding through the forward door we were greeted by two young and friendly flight attendants. Somon Air's business class cabin consists of 16 seats, spread across four rows in a 2-2 configuration. I loved how colorful the cabin was, the patterns…

At the forward door we were greeted by two very friendly flight attendants. Uzbekistan Airways' A320 business class cabin consists of 12 seats, spread across three rows in a 2-2 configuration. The legroom was roughly what you'd get in first class on…

We boarded through the second door, where we were greeted by the friendly purser, who pointed us left towards our seats. Uzbekistan Airways' 787 business class consists of a total of 24 seats, in a 2-2-2 configuration. The forward cabin has three rows…

A few weeks ago I flew Spirit Airlines from Los Angeles to Seattle. While I've already shared my initial thoughts on the experience, in this post I'll be sharing my full review of the flight. At the door I was greeted by two friendly flight attendants,…

This is going to be a short review, as this was a flight without a meal service and we napped most of the way, but I figured I'd share my general thoughts on United's domestic first class product. Our flight was scheduled to board at 7:37PM, so we headed…

Since we were spending the night at the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport, we decided to cut it (relatively) close, and arrive at the airport about 90 minutes before departure. It's nice to be to walk straight from your hotel room into Terminal 1. Check-in…

I boarded through the forward door, where I was greeted by the crew and pointed towards my seat. Mongolian's 767 business class cabin consists of a total of 25 seats, spread across five rows in a 2-1-2 configuration. It's not too often you see configurations…

Last week I shared the story of my first ever flight on Spirit. The flight itself was fine, but the check-in process took over an hour and concluded with the agents disregarding the line and instead calling passengers up in the order their flight was…

At the door I was greeted by the purser and one of the business class flight attendants, and escorted to my seat. This version of the 737 has 12 business class seats, spread across three rows in a 2-2 configuration. Much like on their longhaul planes,…

I boarded through door L2, where I was greeted by three extremely friendly flight attendants and escorted to my seat. Air China's cabin layout on the 747-8 is unusual. Right in front of door two are the 12 first class seats, spread across three rows…

Probably like many of you, I kind of did a double-take yesterday when I read that Ben had booked a ticket on Spirit. I quickly dashed off a message to him to make sure he was feeling okay, and that his OMAAT account hadn't been hacked. But he assured…

As I boarded through the forward door I was greeted by name by the chief purser and the first class flight attendant. I guess they could guess my name since I was the only first class passenger. I was escorted into the intimate La Premiere cabin. Air…

Originally we had a 1hr45min connection in Lisbon, though we arrived from Ponta Delgada about 25 minutes late. Then we had to go through passport control (even though the Azores is part of Portugal, it's still considered separate for these purposes).…

This flight was unique because it wasn't operated directly by Azores Airlines, but rather by HiFly. HiFly is a company that has a fleet of about a dozen planes, and they wet lease these planes to various airlines. In other words, when airlines have a…

Before I get into this report, I think it's important to differentiate between actual enthusiasm of a product, and aviation geek enthusiasm of a product. I suspect most aviation geeks will appreciate why I was excited to fly an A310, while others will…

Before I get too much into this report, I wanted to post a reminder that Meridiana typically has very reasonable business class fares, that are often in line with premium economy on other airlines, so adjust your expectations accordingly. I often see…

About Lucky

Ben Schlappig (aka Lucky) is a travel consultant, blogger, and avid points collector. He travels about 400,000 miles a year, primarily using miles and points to fund his first class experiences. He chronicles his adventures, along with industry news, here at One Mile At A Time.

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